Ap World History Vocab Ch. 1-4

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Legalism

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in china, a political philosophy tha emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state oppression and control

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Daoism

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chinese philosophy, originated during the warring states. Daoism offered an alternative to confucian emphasis on hierarchy and duty. Daoism taught to accept the world as you find it, and take away as little as possible from the DAO

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Kush

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Egyptian name for Nubia, kingdom south of egypt in the early 2 millennium BCE. had large deposits of gold, also trade luxury items recieved through sub-saharan trade

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Hierarchy

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a system of ranking where each rank is subordinate to the one above it

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Aristocracy

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is an upper class; wealth is based on land ownership and power is passed on from one generation to another

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Bureaucracy

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government officials

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Hitties

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established an empire in anatolia and syria in the 2 millennium BCE. wealth based on traded metals, military power was based on chariot forces completed with egypt for control of Syria- Palestine fell to unidentified invaders ca. 1200 BCE

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first temple

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monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by the king Solomon in the 10th century BCE to be the religious center for the Israelites.

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phonecians

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people from the coast of Lebanon and Syria, in the first millennium BCE. phonecian merchants and sailors explored the Mediterranean, engaged in long distance trade established colonies

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carthage

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city located in present day Tunisia, founded by phonecian ca. 800 BCE. major commercial center and naval power in the western Mediterranean until destroyed by the romans in 146 BCE

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Neo-babylonian kingdom

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babylon again became a major political and cultural center in the 7-6th centuries BCE king Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem and deported jews to babylon

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satrap

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the governer of a province in the persian empire often a relative to the king

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tyrant

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term used by the greeks to describe someone who seized and hel power in violation of the normal procedures and traditions of the community

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democracy

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system of government in which all "citizens" have equal political and legal rights, privileges, and protections

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Herodotus

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greek historian in the 5th century BCE. recorded causes, events, and results of the persian wars started the western tradition of historical writing

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Alexander the Great

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king of Macedonia in northern 4th century Greece BCE. conquered the persian empire reached the indus valley founded many Greek style cities and speead greek culture avross western Asia

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Hellenistic Age

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period from 323 to 30 BCE. in which greek culture spread across western asian and north eastern Africa after the conquest of Alexander the great

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Hellenistic synthesis

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blending of greek and local cultures (persian, Egypt, Assyrian) on the territories conquered by alexanders armies as a result a distinct new culture emerged

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civilization

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society which relies on sedentary agriculture and ability to produce food surpluses nonfarming elites, merchants, and manufacturing groups

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argicultiral revolution

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the change from food gathering to food production that occurred between 8000 BCE. and 2000 BCE.

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sumerians

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people who dominated Mesopotamia in the third millennium BCE. created first civilization in the region, irrigation technology, cuneiform, organized area into city states.

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city- state

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a small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surroundings argicultiral territories urban center provided military protection to the area and the argicultural territory delivered food supplies

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Hammurabi

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ruler of babylon in the 18th century BCE, best known for a code of law inscribed on a black stone pillar

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scribe

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a professional position reserved for men who has undergone lengthy training required to be able to read and write

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ziggurat

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a massive pyramidal stepped tower made if mudbricks in religous conplexes of Mesopotamia

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cuneiform

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a system on clay tablets originated in Mesopotamia 3000 BCE. because so many symbols had to be learned , literacy was confined to a relatively small group of administration and scribes

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harappa

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cite of one of the great cities of the indus river valley civilization in the third millennium BCE.

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mohenjo-daro

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largest of the cities of the indus river valley